The Mon state government has also recently invited local and foreign investment to build high-rise buildings and develop eco-tourist sites.

The Kanbyar beach resort project, if successfully implemented, will add to three other beach resorts of Ngapali, Chaungtha and Ngwe Saung in Myanmar.

Myanmar received 3.05 million tourists in 2014, according to government figures. Among them, about 70 percent comes from ASEAN member countries, followed by those from European countries especially the UK and Germany. Myanmar’s tourist earning hit $1.14 billion in 2014.